But the real shift is not in the skills but the ways in which we use them.
We've always needed critical thinking skills, editing skills, etc.
But today our learning is much, much more self-directed. We don't sign up for classes any longer. We make our own classes, find our own teachers and mentors, create our own curriculum for whatever it is we want to learn.
We need to be passionate, nomadic learners
Teaching changes when our own learning changes.
Shifts in learning:
From private to public: Facebook
From linear to distributed: Technorati, comments, trackbacks
From individual to network: delicious network visualizer, others
They are networked learners.
They share their practice.
The connect their students globally.
They give students voice.
They create opportunities for real work for real purposes for their students.
They learn with their students.
Re-Envisioning Learning First, Teaching Second
ELA WebinarMarch 4, 2009
Start with story about trying to light a fire.
Teaching changes when our own learning changes.
Shifts in learning:
Brian Crosby Teacher as innovator
Darren Kuropatwa Teacher as publisher
George Mayo Teacher as activist
Vicki Davis Teacher as connector
Clarence Fisher Teacher as networked learner
Jason Welker Teacher as co-creator
What do these teachers have in common?
They are networked learners.
They share their practice.
The connect their students globally.
They give students voice.
They create opportunities for real work for real purposes for their students.
They learn with their students.
This is a period of Fluid Learning.
And we are entering a period of "ubiquitous learning."
What do you think these shifts mean for your own teaching and learning?